Is El Segundo, CA tap water safe?
The short answer
El Segundo - City, Water Dept. serves El Segundo. In EPA’s and California’s records it has 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark, and no health-based violation since 2016.
The worst: Lithium at 44 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. A health benchmark is a level EPA screens with, not a legal limit.
Some homes in a town are on private wells or a small system of their own. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours.
Water testing near El Segundo
The 3 labs California certifies closest to El Segundo, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
EMAX Laboratories, Inc.
Torrance, CA · about 8 miles
Certified for nitrate, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts
JK BioScience Inc.
Rancho Dominguez, CA · about 11 miles
Certified for bacteria, lead and copper, metals
Positive Lab Service
Los Angeles, CA · about 11 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts
ZIP codes in El Segundo
Which ZIP codes are in El Segundo: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology. Certified labs: California State Water Resources Control Board, ELAP accredited laboratories and their fields of accreditation; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.
Near El Segundo
Other towns in Los Angeles County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read El Segundo - City, Water Dept.’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About LithiumWhat it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Lithium
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water